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James Rollins – Grant Blackwood – The Kill Switch – a Tucker Wayne and Kane thriller!!

I have been a fan of James Rollins since I read Map of Bones (Sigma #2) back in 2005. In addition to all the Sigma Force novels, except for the first one, I have read three of  Rollins early stand alone novels and all are great!  The thing that I like best about the Rollins novels is – the science,  no it’s the action, no the political aspects….- the whole package!!! The Associated Press writes…. “The Science…. reads like the best of Michael Crichton. The machinations of government read like the best of David Baldacci And the action and thrills…

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Rediscovering the Books of Richard Hoyt – Fish Story leads to his new book Crow’s Mind!

The first year that I really started to make fairly detailed notes regarding the books that I read that year was 1988.  Recording the exact dates that I read the books didn’t start until March for January and February the books are only listed by the months. The first book of the year was Richard Hoyt’s Fish Story.  Fish Story is the fourth book in the John Denson series from Hoyt. From Goodreads….. John Dennison, Seattle private eye teams up with his darts-throwing Cowlitz Indian buddy, Willie Prettybird, to investigate a Cowlitz claim to Native American salmon fishing rights. A…

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Past Reads: May 1987 – A First Encounter with Loren Estleman’s – Amos Walker!

So let’s all  go ….down to Dumas Walker! No, no oh, yea of afflicted with ADD – Amos Walker not Dumas! you duma-ass….. Ok so when I looked back at the actual dates in my Book Journal, I see that the first book listed IS actually Motor City Blue by Loren Estleman. The book was first released in 1980, and by that time Estleman was already up to book 6, but I went back and started at the beginning. It appears, I was underwhelmed! My blurb….. Amos Walker is looking for the missing foster daughter of a mobster.Estleman does well,…

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Past Reads: Blood Music – Sci Fi from one of the Best – Greg Bear

Since 1987 I have kept track of the books that I read. From 1987 through 2004 I kept hand written notes about the books, name, title, date read and a little blurb about the book. Between 2004 and 2010, I kept track of the books at Goodreads.com. From 2010, I ‘ve  kept my bookshelf at Goodreads and also posted at this site. Since this site is about the books I read and have read, I thought that I’d go back and start posting about the older books I’ve read. This will allow me to make more complete profiles of the…

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Into the Morning with Ruf Record’s – Thorbjorn Risager “Precious Time”

One of the albums that has been on the iPhone for the last day or so is the new album from Thorbjorn Risager Too Many Roads. I have only given it a couple of listens, but so far I like what I hear. I hope to listen in a little more detail tomorrow and maybe even get to write a little more about Thorbjorn and the album, but for this early morning let’s just get a little taste of his music! Here’s a performance of the song “Precious Time”, Gotta love the band, sax, trumpet, organ ….and more….

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Tell No Lies – Gregg Hurwitz – “Simply Brilliant”? – It’s True!

So in keeping with the thought that one should write short I will give you my review of Gregg Hurwitz’s book Tell No Lies using the words of Anne Rice……“Simply Brilliant!” So check it out of the library, buy it on Kindle, now you can by it in paperback just get you hands on it and see if you like me yell at Daniel Brasher  – “Don’t do it – Wait for the police!! But you see Daniel is the kind of guy that will not do that – he has to go for it, never, is he half in,…

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Exploring the Nominees for British Blues Music Awards – Blues Album of the Year!

On August 14, 2014, the British Blues Awards presentation will be held at the The Great British Blues Festival in Colne. The other day I traveled to the website for the awards and reviewed the nominees for the award for Blues Album of the Year, and the nominees are: Big City Blues – The Hoax Home – Aynsley Lister Band Independence – Trevor Sewell Band Shake The Walls – Marcus Bonfanti Standing In  The Shadows – King King The Storytellers Daughter – Northsyde I have heard and reviewed two of the five nominees, Anysley Lister’s Home and King King’s Standing…

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Blues with New Orleans Flavor from the Royal Southern Brotherhood – HeartSoulBlood

One of the albums that has been in my music rotation this week is the new album HeartSoulBlood from the Royal Southern Brotherhood. This is the second release from the Brotherhood following their 2012 self-titled debut album. The Royal Southern Brotherhood is composed of Devon Allman, Cyril Neville, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooten,and Yonrico Scott. Of the five both Devon Allman and Mike Zito’s solo work, appear in my music library.Both of these albums and their 2013 release a live album titled Songs from the Road have been released on Ruf Records with the legendary Jim Gaines serving as the producer….

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Book 14 of 2014 – Crissa Stone # 2 – Kings of Midnight by Wallace Stroby

So yes, as listed under Currently Reading on my webpage, I am still reading Subversives!  I am now more than 65% of the way through the book, Reagan  just became governor of California, so the battles rages more fiercely! But while reading that, I am still reading mysteries, and just finished Book 14 for 2014, Kings of Midnight from Wallace Stroby. Kings of Midnight is the second book in the Crissa Stone series, and  in it , Crissa, the criminal you root for, is battling to recover,  some of the millions, that now dead mob boss Joey Dios hid from…

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Evening Thoughts – Pinetop Perkins to Victor Wainwright and Southern Hospitality!

Today way back in the year of 1913 on this date James William Perkins was born  in Belzoni, Mississippi. Ninety-seven (97) years later now know better by his stage named Pinetop Perkins, he won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined at the Hip, an album he recorded with Willie “Big Eyes” Smith. Perkins is the oldest-ever Grammy winner. In between he  had a fantastic career  that saw him play with many of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in American history. Perkins received numerous honors during his lifetime, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was…

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